(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
...a baseball ~.
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2.
When you ~, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a ~ in baseball, softball, cricket, or rounders.
Australia, put in to ~, made a cautious start.
VERB: V
~ting
...his ~ting average...
He’s likely to open the ~ting.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n, the N
3.
A ~ is a small flying animal that looks like a mouse with wings made of skin. Bats are active at night.
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4.
see also old ~
5.
When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn’t ~ an eyelid in British English, or doesn’t ~ an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If someone does something off their own ~, they do it without anyone else suggesting it. (BRIT)
Whatever she did she did off her own ~. Whatever she did was nothing to do with me.
PHRASE: PHR after v
7.
If something happens right off the ~, it happens immediately. (AM)
He learned right off the ~ that you can’t count on anything in this business.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v